Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollowed
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The wall was excavated more than 230 years ago, but some 300 inscriptions etched into it remained hidden until new technologies allowed researchers to identify them.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026 -
Researchers excavated seven mummies along with the bones of 54 other cheetahs from a site near the city of Arar.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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Still, the energy in the room remained high as the crowd sang, bobbed their heads and grooved to the music from the comfort of their plush seats.—
Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Tens of millions of YouTube viewers have grooved to Bobby Nsenga’s living room.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 Jan. 2026
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Within months, his name became synonymous with the corruption and criminality that Washington said had penetrated the Venezuelan state.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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No researcher had penetrated these depths or mapped the ice sheet’s underlying terrain in such vivid, thrilling detail.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Jan. 2026
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After getting gouged repeatedly by bootleg play-action passes, screens and space plays over their first two series, the Pats struck back with a short-yardage stop and forced fumble on the next two series.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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At Dia, the cage has been reconstructed in full, complete with Hsieh’s boots and his tally marks gouged into the wall.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Hollowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollowed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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